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Ornate Wrasse

Halichoeres ornatissimus

Classification

Family
Labridae

Halichoeres claudia, the Christmas wrasse, is a species of wrasse of the family Labridae. It is widely distributed in the southwestern Pacific, occurring from French Polynesia to the Great Barrier Reef, with isolated populations in the Indian Ocean (Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling). This species was treated as Halichoeres ornatissimus for a long time, however, genetic evidence has shown that H.

Distribution

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